After the Lights Go Out
Lili Wilkinson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
4.10
· 10 ratings · 330 pages · Published: 01 Aug 2018
'After the Lights Go Out is a terrifying yet hope-filled story of disaster, deceit, love, sacrifice and survival.' - Fleur Ferris
Seventeen-year-old Pru Palmer lives with her twin sisters, Grace and Blythe, and their father, Rick, on the outskirts of an isolated mining community. The Palmers are doomsday preppers. They have a bunker filled with non-perishable food and a year's worth of water. Each of the girls has a 'bug out bag', packed with water purification tablets, protein bars, paracord bracelets and epipens for Pru's anaphylaxis.
One day while Rick is at the mine, the power goes out. At the Palmers' house, and in the town. No one knows why. All communication is cut. It doesn't take long for everything to unravel. In town, supplies run out and people get desperate. The sisters decide to keep their bunker a secret. The world is different; the rules are different. Survival is everything, and family comes first.
Tagged as:
- sc-fi 4
- dystopia 3
- action / adventure 3
- survival 3
- apocalyptic 3
- post-apocalyptic 2
- family 2
- suspense 2
- psychological 2
- grief 2
- mystery 2
- contemporary 1
- friendship 1
- futuristic 1
- Add topics
- format - reader age
- young adult 3
- book 1
- content warnings
- mental illness 1
- abuse 1